Double Olympic medallist PV Sindhu comfortably got the better of Aya Ohori of Japan 21-16, 21-11 in 40 minutes in pre-quarters and will lock horns with China's Zhang Yi Man to book a spot in the semifinals.
Prannoy defeated Taiwanese badminton player Chou Tien Chen 16-21, 21-14, 21-13 in the Men's single. He lost his first set but made an impressive comeback and cliched two straight sets. On the other, Malvika lost to China's Wang Zhi Yi by 11-21, 13-21 in women's single.
After losing against Chinese Taipei in the opening Group C encounter on Sunday, India ended up out of the race to make the knockout rounds. India will face Australia in their final group tie on Wednesday but even a win won't help them make the top two.
Indian badminton player Kidambi Srikanth, who has been struggling to find his form of late, has roped in Indonesia's Wiempie Mahardi as a personal coach as he sets his eye on the Paris 2024 Olympics.
According to the selection trials format announced by the Badminton Association of India (BAI), three men's and women's singles spots along with one each in men's and women's doubles and two in mixed doubles were up for grabs from the trials with the top-ranked singles players also getting a